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Valentine Pescatore novels volume 1
Publisher
Mulholland Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
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English
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Set amid the perils of illegal border crossings, The Iguana Tree is the suspenseful saga of Lilia and Hector, who separately make their way from Mexico into the United States, seeking work in the Carolinas and a home for their infant daughter. Michel Stone s harrowing novel meticulously examines the obstacles each faces in pursuing a new life: manipulation, rape, and murder in the perilous commerce of border crossings; betrayal by family and friends;...
3) Bright star
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English
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"A nurturing voice reassures the lonely and afraid in difficult times"--
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English
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J.D. Jessup, desperate to escape haunting memories, travels from Nashville to Tucson and volunteers on an organic farm where the landowner calls the border patrol if anyone sees an illegal; when J.D. finds a young woman named Maria, near death in the desert, his heart pulls him in another direction.
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English
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When violence from the drug wars with the Mexican cartels crosses the border into Arizona, and an old friend is murdered, Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance's fast-paced mystery.
When Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, one of Ali Reynolds's classmates from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug...
When Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, one of Ali Reynolds's classmates from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug...
7) The dead run
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Jess Galvan novels volume 1
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English
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Adam Mansbach, the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Go the F**k to Sleep and Rage Is Back, turns to a new tale of suspense, horror, and supernatural action
Wrongfully imprisoned in a Mexican jail, outlaw-with-a-conscience Jess Galvan accepts a devil's bargain: transport a sinister package across the border in twenty-four hours for the jail's mythical-and terrifying-bogeyman El Cucuy. If Jess can make it across alive and give the...
8) Wrecked
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Josie Gray mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Narrativas hispanicas volume 613
Publisher
Editorial Anagrama
Pub. Date
2018.
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Español
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2015.
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English
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Signs Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels to be published in Spanish in the last ten years. Yuri Herrera does not simply write about the border between Mexico and the United States and those who cross it. He explores the crossings and translations people make in their minds and language as they move from one country to another, especially when there's no going back. Traversing this lonely territory is Makina, a young...
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Lena Jones mysteries volume 5
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English
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In a culture obsessed with celebrity, baby Muffin's death is big news. Crib death-or something more sinister? Everyone wants to know, including the police. Whatever the truth, the bereaved parents-celebrity couple Jodee and Chazz-live in curate Callie Anson's parish. And despite the disapproval of her vicar and his wife, Callie becomes involved with funeral arrangements.
It's a high-profile case, all right. Detective Inspector Neville Stewart is...
14) The case runner
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Tex-Mex legal thrillers volume 1
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English
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Alejandro "Alex" del Fuerte, fresh out of law school, is returning home to South Texas, ready to open his solo practice, humble as it may be. He's got dreams of making his mark in the world and in the courtroom. But when he meets Porfirio "Pilo" Medina, who just crossed the border in search of his wife and son, Alex is suddenly dragged into a world of wrongdoings and political pay-offs rarely covered in law school.
The mystery deepens when Pilo is...
16) Midnight cactus
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English
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Jumping at the chance to spend a year away from her claustrophobic marriage to a workaholic British developer, Alice Coleman takes her two small children to the American desert lands between Arizona and the Mexican border. But the unpredictable southwest has room for the dreams of more than one fugitive. There's Benjamin, the kindly Mexican caretaker of an abandoned mining town; the desperate immigrants who risk their lives to cross the border; and...
17) Border reprisal
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Five Star, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2016?]
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English
18) Saint Death
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English
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"A novel about the illicit human and drug trade at the US-Mexican border."--
19) Santa Fe edge
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Ed Eagle novels volume 4
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English
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Santa Fe attorney Ed Eagle returns—and so does his past—in this riveting thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.
Ed Eagle, the six-foot-seven, take-no-prisoners Santa Fe attorney, is no stranger to murder, corruption, or organized crime—both north and south of the border. Ed has recovered from his encounters with Mexican organized crime and his ex-wife, Barbara—who’s...
Ed Eagle, the six-foot-seven, take-no-prisoners Santa Fe attorney, is no stranger to murder, corruption, or organized crime—both north and south of the border. Ed has recovered from his encounters with Mexican organized crime and his ex-wife, Barbara—who’s...
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